Treasure-Hunt a Trove of Bikes Shipped from Japan and Rebuilt in This Shophouse

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Treasure-Hunt a Trove of Bikes Shipped from Japan and Rebuilt in This Shophouse
By Cole Pennington
Correspondent


Gabriel Camelin, an instructor at Silpakorn University, shows off his find at Non See, a Bangkok shop which imports disassembled bicycles by the container from Japan.

BANGKOK — Gabriel Camelin needed to get from an evening meeting downtown to King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi late last month, so he locked up his Doppelganger DG832 Shadow under BTS Ratchathewi.

When he returned later to find it stolen, the 32-year-old digital communication design professor knew exactly where to find a replacement. Several months prior, he was wandering by an otherwise unassuming shophouse on Rama III Road when he noticed a nice bike with a price scribbled on a sheet of paper taped to its handlebars.

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1462938232


-- Khaosod English 2016-05-11

[RIJoe]

A quote from the article: "Selling bicycles out of a dimly lit shophouse in Khlong Toei may sound fishy, but Hok told us they never buy bicycles from Thailand for resale for fear they might be stolen. All bicycles sold here are strictly from Japan."

As if they weren't stolen in Japan?

[Scouse Twoccer]

A quote from the article: "Selling bicycles out of a dimly lit shophouse in Khlong Toei may sound fishy, but Hok told us they never buy bicycles from Thailand for resale for fear they might be stolen. All bicycles sold here are strictly from Japan."

As if they weren't stolen in Japan?

What evidence do you have to suggest they are stolen?

[Pimay1]

A quote from the article: "Selling bicycles out of a dimly lit shophouse in Khlong Toei may sound fishy, but Hok told us they never buy bicycles from Thailand for resale for fear they might be stolen. All bicycles sold here are strictly from Japan."

As if they weren't stolen in Japan?

What evidence do you have to suggest they are stolen?

I don't know about bicycles but it use to be a common practice with big bikes. They would be stolen in Japan, disassembled, shipped to Thailand as parts and reassembled.

[Lamkyong]

A quote from the article: "Selling bicycles out of a dimly lit shophouse in Khlong Toei may sound fishy, but Hok told us they never buy bicycles from Thailand for resale for fear they might be stolen. All bicycles sold here are strictly from Japan."

As if they weren't stolen in Japan?

What evidence do you have to suggest they are stolen?

the op/s story for a start

[lvr181]

A quote from the article: "Selling bicycles out of a dimly lit shophouse in Khlong Toei may sound fishy, but Hok told us they never buy bicycles from Thailand for resale for fear they might be stolen. All bicycles sold here are strictly from Japan."

As if they weren't stolen in Japan?

What evidence do you have to suggest they are stolen?

And your proof to the contrary is?

[DogNo1]

You always see lots of abandoned bicycles near train stations in Japan.

[mike324]

A quote from the article: "Selling bicycles out of a dimly lit shophouse in Khlong Toei may sound fishy, but Hok told us they never buy bicycles from Thailand for resale for fear they might be stolen. All bicycles sold here are strictly from Japan."

As if they weren't stolen in Japan?

What evidence do you have to suggest they are stolen?

I don't know about bicycles but it use to be a common practice with big bikes. They would be stolen in Japan, disassembled, shipped to Thailand as parts and reassembled.

many are indeed stolen by gangs just like the big bikes back then...some are also lost or abandon bikes confiscated by the police/authorities than auctioned off after X number of days when it is not claimed

[billd766]

A quote from the article: "Selling bicycles out of a dimly lit shophouse in Khlong Toei may sound fishy, but Hok told us they never buy bicycles from Thailand for resale for fear they might be stolen. All bicycles sold here are strictly from Japan."

As if they weren't stolen in Japan?

What evidence do you have to suggest they are stolen?

the op/s story for a start

I have read the whole story and there is nothing in there about the bicycles from Japan being stolen bicycles. The only mention of stolen bicycles is about Thailand,

[RIJoe]

It was an inference I made. I have no proof. But deliveries every 2 months of various bikes and varying ages leads me to believe we're not dealing with WalMart or Big C here. So the question hangs in the air - what are the origins of the bikes.